Wednesday, 15 September 2004

Am Lovin' Japan!

Had the best day ever today in Japan! The whole day was just great and had that special feeling. It was strange but I felt like I did in my first few days in Japan. There was some level of excitement in the air. I don't know whether it was because I had the BEST cup of coffee (tried Linda [from Nikko]'s suggestion about buying special disposable drip filter coffee) or because Tim's on holiday in another country (I have the house to myself) but today I just felt great!!!

Headed into Tokyo at around 2pm and stopped by Tokyo first to check out the Pokemon Centre. Today was the last day to get a special ticket downloaded to my game boy so I can get a special Pokemon! Got that and also did some multi-playing with some other Pokemon fans. Picked up myself a plastic print of a kick arse Pokemon artwork for a mousepad (discovered that my mouse has started wearing down the polish on my counter!!!).

Next stop was Shibuya where I picked up (finally!) the two Tomb Raider 2 soundtracks. One has the instrumental score, the other the vocal tracks which has one of my favourites by the Dandy Warhols; The Last High (now on my radio to the right!). While in Shibuya I also picked up some comics from Comix.

After Shibuya was Harajuku! I can't believe I'd never been here! This is my kind of town! 100s of unique stores with a kind of underground feel with some designer labels thrown in! I really splurged today, picking up 4 t-shirts (they were on sale!) a cool pair of gold/brown designer jeans (cheaper than Australia) and a trendy Japanese style jacket! I just hope the temp drops below 25 degrees so I can wear it!!! Autum's here, and apparently it snows in winter. Looking forward to that!

Oh, met a lot of nice Japanese people of all ages today! No bad experiences at all! LOVE IT!!! It's a shame I have to work tomorrow, or I'd go back!!!